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[en] The problem of the absorption of light by a nanoscale dielectric cone is discussed. A simplified solution based on the analytical Mie theory of scattering and absorption by cylindrical objects is proposed and supported by the experimental observation of sharply localized holes in conical silicon tips after high-fluence irradiation. This study reveals that light couples with tapered objects dominantly at specific locations, where the local radius corresponds to one of the resonant radii of a cylindrical object, as predicted by Mie theory.
Disciplines :
Physics
Author, co-author :
Bogdanowicz, J; KU Leuven > Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysika
Gilbert, M; IMEC Leuven
Innocenti, N; KTH Royal Institute of Technology > Alba Nova University Center
Koelling, S; Fraunhofer - CNT, Dresden
Vanderheyden, Benoît ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Dép. d'électric., électron. et informat. (Inst.Montefiore) > Electronique et microsystèmes
Vandervorst, W; KU Leuven > Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysika
Language :
English
Title :
Light absorption in conical silicon particles
Publication date :
08 February 2013
Journal title :
Optics Express
eISSN :
1094-4087
Publisher :
Optical Society of America, Washington, United States - District of Columbia
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